borated

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adjective

Having been treated with borate

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Meanings

adjectiveborated (not comparable)
  1. not comparableHaving been treated with borate

    An advantage of this borated oil is that it always retains a slight stickiness, and so gives a good joint when wrapped around wires, etc.

    1898, “Selected Formulae”, in Scientific American Supplement, No. 1178, June 25, 1898
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    […] little need be done for them except to wash them with a little boric acid solution (one teaspoonful of boric acid to a glass of water) occasionally, and now and then to rub in a little petrolatum, plain or borated.

    1929, William J. Robinson, Woman

    In the deuterium experiment, the hydrogen target was replaced with deuterium, and borated polyethylene shielding was installed around the target […].

    2026 December 15, (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 290, number 5499, →DOI, pages 2117–2119

Origin

From borate + -ed.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

abortedBretado
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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